President Trump's schedule for the week of October 1, per a White House official:
Monday: Trump has lunch with Mike Pence, presents the Medal of Honor, hosts a roundtable with supporters followed by a campaign rally in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Christine Blasey Ford and her lawyers have yet to hear from the FBI about a supplemental investigation into her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, according to NBC News.
The big picture: President Trump called out NBC in a tweet on Saturday night, saying he has not been "limiting the FBI investigation" as they reported. The FBI was given a one-week deadline for the investigation, which Trump tweeted Sunday would "never be enough" for Democrats.
A divided nation that usually shrugs at politics — and always shrugs at midterm elections — is suddenly united, passionately and addictively, in binge-watching the Greatest Show in American Politics.
The big picture: Because of The Trump Show, we're more attuned to current events and know more about the news than ever. Happy hour conversations include the 25th Amendment and the Emoluments Clause. News plays in sports bars. Pundits talk casually about FBI 302 forms. And more women and minorities are getting involved in politics, setting up midterm elections that likely will change the complexion of Washington.
The education levels of the estimated 44 million immigrants in the United States are on the rise, according to 2016 polling data from the Pew Research Center.
Why it matters: Immigrants are nearly just as likely to hold bachelor's and postgraduate degrees as U.S.-born citizens.
In a town hall in Holyoke, Massachusetts Saturday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said after the midterm election, she would consider running for president in 2020.
"After November 6 I will take a hard look at running for president."
— Elizabeth Warren
Why it matters: Usually, Warren responds to questions related to her name in the presidential ring with her strategy on winning her re-election against GOP nominee Geoff Diehl in November. She cited her views on how President Trump is governing and, more recently, how Republicans have handled the sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before floating her possible bid, according to the Boston Globe.
Imagine if Brett Kavanaugh had offered his emotional, tearful, you-ruined-my-life opening speech to the Judiciary Committee — and then called for a quick FBI probe to clear his name and perhaps find the true assailant. He would have looked confident, humble, even a tad heroic, given the president who nominated him opposed the FBI probe.
The big picture: He and Republicans had an epic failure of imagination. They were forced reluctantly and publicly into what should have been a fairly easy-to-anticipate moderate compromise: agree to a vote after a quick FBI probe. Instead of looking hungry for truth, Kavanaugh heads into the week looking fearful of findings.
The House Intelligence Committee unanimously voted Friday to release 53 transcripts from its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, including interviews with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Jeff Sessions, reports Reuters.
Yes, but: Republicans on the Committee blocked the release of transcripts from some of the investigation's most important witnesses, including former FBI director James Comey. Democratic Ranking Member Rep. Adam Schiff said the Republicans had no interest in making public anything that could be seen as damaging to President Trump, while a GOP spokesman called his claim part of a Democratic conspiracy.
A federal judge ruled Friday that over 200 Democratic representatives and senators can sue President Trump over claims he violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution regarding his businesses with foreign governments, per the Washington Post.
Why it matters: Trump has hosted foreign embassy events and foreign officials at his downtown D.C. hotel and at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Even though Trump has handed over his business to his sons, he still owns it — an arrangement for which he has faced criticism as a financial conflict of interest.
